"Happy Valentine's Day"
Not a big day really in our house to be honest, although I did get a little hand made card from Craig and a cup of tea in bed. I am usually the one up and about at 6am putting on the kettle and stoking up the wood stove, so it was a pleasant start to the day.
Another couple of weeks have passed by since my last posting. Nothing very eventful this past week except visiting Jemma in Halifax, which I do enjoy. We did our usual which consists of chatting on her daybed, watching a movie (Tamara Drewe), a hilarious British comedy, cooking a meal together, topping up her pantry and having a little hunt around the local thrift stores. This time we popped into a fascinating Asian grocery store. I found some delicious super crunchy sprouts that tasted delicious in my salad, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to stir fry them, I expect they would taste good that way too. I also bought some coconut milk to add to the next Korma curry I shall concoct sometime in the near future. Jem bought her favourite bubble tea and some extra spicy noodles for her lunch.
Coconut milk was actually one of the ingredients in the cocktail Craig and I made up last weekend when we were once again invited to Bridget and Kirk's annual cocktail competition/party. The ingredients were to serve about 12 people and this was our recipe:
You might remember the James Bond themed one I blogged about last year? This year the theme was 1920's gangster, think flapper or Bonnie and Clyde. I do enjoy dressing up and with a few items I already had in my dressing up box it didn't take much to complete our outfits for the night. I hunted down a long cigarette holder and Amber even helped by making a fake cigarette to fit in the end!
The satin gloves and feather boa that came in very handy.
Once again I shall give my shop a little necessary advertising. Another custom order came my way for a couple of micro sized Toucans for a wedding cake (a significant special meaning between the bride and groom)
I was also inspired by the Toucans to design a new tiny bird to add to the ever growing menagerie. This is Charles, the rather distinguished looking Peacock. I priced him a wee bit higher as he did take longer to make and I used more felt because of his flamboyant tail!
I also received a delivery of wool felt in some natural shades of brown and beige, so I shall be making a few more wool animals soon. The majority of my animals are made from Eco friendly felt at the moment, which is made from recycled plastic bottles.
With love,
